Vehicle-wheel.



6). F". WARD & W. H. CLAY.

VEHICLEWH EEL. APPLICATION H LED FEB. 4. I914.

Patented May 4, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET I C. F. WARD & W. H. CLAY.

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i APPLICAUON FILED FEB. 4. 1914. v

1,138,335. Patented May 4, 1915.

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' Patented Mayll, 1915.-

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tikarkbr if? GHAELES F. NAB-D AEQ'D WILLIAM H.

CLAY, or'nexruerou, KENTUCKY, Assmnoss GE GA E-THIRD TGEORTEZR, FEATHER, (IF LEXINGTQN, KENTUCKY assists- HEEL.

Specifiectionef Letters retest.

Patented May t, Ellis? epplication filed February a, 1914:. Serial No. 816,452.

This invention is a vehicle wheel of thattype which is designed to carry a tire on the rim of the wheel in an inflated condition,

and wherein the tire itself may be quickly and readily detached from the rim.

A purpose of the invent on is to provide a quickly detachable cleucher rim for a tire which will be firmly held in position by a single readily removable locking element having expansible and cmitractible.means which can be operated by a. single individual. whereb a tire ma be mucklv removed or applied toa wheel.

The invention is chat-amortized by a sectional. demountable tire rim. the sections of which are interlocked. the rim being locked on the wheel by a single plate having an expansible and contractible element adapted to engage the wheel and rim, and to hold the parts in their relative positions.

The invention consists also, in the features of construction arran ement and ccmv I J I bination of parts hereinafter =dcscribed, illustrated in the drawin 's, and articularl" b 5 pointed out in the a ppcnded claims.

In-the aceompanymg drawings: F igure 1 1s a. side elevation with the parts 111 position and the tire removed. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through a part of the wheel showing the tire rim and retaining means in position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the felly with the rim binding plate and tire removed. Fig. 4 is a view of a part of one face of a wheel with the rim and tire removed. Fig. 5 is a View of one part of the reverse face of a wheel with the rim and tire removed. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a part of the, rim plates. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the retaining plate with the expansible member or ring nemoved. Fig. 8 is anenlarged detail view of a section of the plate showing a retaining lug. Fig. 9 is a detail view ofthe eXpa-nsible ring of the plate. l0

another embodiment of of the plate. tire with the bearing plate thereon to engage the wheel rii Fig..-12 is a sectional View through a tire with the bearing plates thereon.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the device is shown applied to an ordinary vehicle wheel wherein the felly is indicated at l, and may be of any suitable construction and material. On one side of the felly is shown positioned a plurality of angular stops 2, each of said stops may be composed the expansible ring of a single piece of material bent upon itself to provide a bearing plate 3, one end of the plate being turned upwardly to form an upright bearing member 1 2 as a stop for the rim to be hereinafter referred to, while the other member may be bent downwardly to form a depending flange 5, shown in Fig. 3 as positioned substantially central of the plate 3. The stop may be secured to the felly by any suitable means, shown in the rawings as a. screw (3, although it is obvious that if desired, the stops may be formed directly on the folly 1. On the opposite face of the folly there is preferably provided a plurality of retaining clips 7 which are shown as angular plates so secured to the felly as to leave a space between the upper free end thereof and the face of the folly.

The riin'of the wheel is preferably composed of two annular abutting members 9-4 each of which is provided with an upstanding peripheral flange 11 which may be of any desired form of contour. One of the rim sections, for example 10, may be provided with a depressed portion 12 (Fig. 2) to form a seat for the extended portion of the opposite member 11, and thereby present a. substantially even, continuous surface for the tire. These rim members may be retained in their cooperative relation by a suitable locking band 13, whic'h is shown as extended substantially around the inner face of one of the members, from the spacing plug 14 located near-the inner valve aperture 15 in the rim, continuously around to another of the spacing plugs 14, as will be understood from inspection of Fig. 6. This locking band. may be composed of resilient material, such as pring metal, and be provided with a plurzi litypf studs 16 which are adapted to pass through the depressed por- Fig'. 11 is a side elevation of illustrated more clearly in Fig.

tion 12 of the member 10 and to register with apertures in the member 11 tolock the members 9 and. 10 or permit of the separation of the members. This rim when assem- & bled, is designed to be placed over the folly of a wheel into abutting .sngagement with theupstanding flange 4 of the stop 2.

The rim may be retained in position on the wheel by a suitable annular late 17 llhis plate is shown provided with a series of notches 18 which are adapted to register with the retaining clips 7 on the wheel telly 1 to prevent rotative movement of the annu- 1aiplate 17 with reference to the telly. On

the periphery of this plate 17 there may be provided a plurality of angular stops 19'; which are illustrated more clearly in Fig. 8. llhese stops 19 are designed to abut 20 against the opposite face or flange 11 of the wheel rim, and to coiiperate with the stops 2 in retaining the rim on the wheel. Each of the stops 19 is preferably provided with a. member 19 which is designed to maintairi the rim separated from the periphery of the felly, to permit of movement of the locking band 13 in the space to be so provided. This member may be provided also with an upstanding flange 20, which is adapted to engage the flange 11 of the rim,

and there may be provided also a depend ing flange 21 which is adapted to be positioned to register with the retaining clip 7 vcarried by the wheel telly, this depending flange or clip 21 being positioned. over the I aperture 18 of the plate 17. A suitable expansible contractible binding element may be mounted upon the retaining plate 1'7, and this binding element is shown in the 4G drawings as ring which is adapted to be positioned between the retaining clips 21 of the plate 1'? and the cl ps 7 of the telly 1, so that when the parts are placed in their assembled position, the ends 23-;24 of the binding ring 22 maybe drawn together to bring the ring 22 into forcible engagement with the clips 7, and thereby holding ring "1? firmly into engagement with the folly 1.

if desired, the ends 23-2 r inaybe provided with slillable plates in having roughened or corrugated faces, indicated at 26, adapted to be engaged by a. suitable binding nut 27. in Fig.10, however, the ends of the ring 22 areshown reversely threaded as at 2-8, and

these ends are engaged by a sleeve 29,

the tire, and also to en age the rim and abut against-the flange 11 thereof to hold the tire in position, at the same time preventing the rim from cutting the material of the tire. This annular plate is disclosed in Figs. 11 and 12, as having a base 31 bent upon itself at 32. to produce an upwardly inclined section 33 and a turned over section 34:, to form a channel M3?) to receive the clencher por-- tion of the tire. The other edge of the plate may be turned up as at 36 into engagement with the inclined portion 33 to not only strengthen the material, but to serve as an abutting surface to engage the flange 11 of the rim. It is to be understood that one of these plates be used on each side of the tire. These clencher plates are designed not only as retaining means, but are adapted '0 remain on the tireuntil the .same has been completely worn out, it being unnecessary to remove the plates from the tire when it is desired to enter the tire casing. Moreover,

these plates are designed to lengthen the life of the material, as they present no roughened surfaces to grind or cut the case ing. The particular shape of the rings is designed to prevent sticking of the tire in its rim and thereby obviate great deal of the diiiiculties now found in removing tires from the rim.

In operation the wheel folly may be proiided with the stop members 2 and the re taming clips 7 at suitable spaced positions thereon. One section of the rim 9 may now be placed in position against the stop members 2. A tire may now be provided with the annular clencher plates 33, which are designed to receive the clencher portion of thetire into the channel 35 formed therein. As previously stated, these plates are to be permanently attached to the tire. plates 33 may be of a contour to fit the flanges 11 of the ,rim, and the lower member 31 of the plate may be of such material that it will act as a resilient base iorthe tire. Having placed the. tire in position on the run, the other section 10 of the rim is now slippedmver the telly 1 and into engagement with the tire, until the locking band 13 of this section, and the studs 16 come into. locking engagement with the section 9, to hold the rim members into a uni tary rim str eture. The plate 1'? may now be placed into position to have its angular stop portion 20 come into engagement with the flange 1 1 of: the plate 10, whereupon the contractible ring 22 on said plate 17. be drawn together by any suitable means, until the ring engages the clips 7 of the telly and binds the plate against the telly, where upon the broad portion 19 of the ring stops 20, and the portion 3 oi: the stopsfi will serve to maintain the rim out of contact with the peripheral edge of the telly 1, thereby permitting movement of the locking b within the space so formed.

These It is obvious that when'it is desired to gain access tothe interior of the tire casing,

it will only be necessaryto release the bind- I moved as an element from the wheel, the

clencher portions 9 and 10 removed from the wheel and the, section 10 of the clencher rim removed ,i'rom the tire by releasing the locking band 13, whereupon the tire and its annular plate 33 may be lifted from the clencher section and access gained to the interior of the tire without injury to the parts. It is obvio'usthat minor changes in the form and construction of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and the right is reserved to make such changes and alterations therein as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims. I

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a vehicle Wheel, ademountable rim composed of a plurality of annular abutting members adapted to be placed edge to edge to form a substantially continuous surface forthe tire, each of said rim members being provided with a flange; means to lock said rim members in position, and a plurality of annular plates adapted to be positioned permanently on the tire, and to be brought into binding engagement with the flanges of the demountable rim of said wheel.

2. In a vehicle wheel, an annular plate adapted to receive the clencher portion of a tire comprising a base, an inclined portion and a turned over portion, said turned over and inclined portions forming a channel for the clencher portion ofa tire, said "base terminating in an upstanding flange in juxtaposition to the. inclined portion.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures. in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. WARD. WILLIAM H. CLAY.

Witnesses: a IRAS. STEPHENSON,

E. F. UNDERWOOD. 

